how to Creating pdf file - xamarin.android

Question

I used a library itextsharp .
I used the following code to create PDF File and print it , but the next error occurs, what code is missing ?.
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Suppression State Error Can not resolve reference: System.Drawing, referenced by itextsharp. Please add a NuGet package or assembly reference for System.Drawing, or remove the reference to itextsharp. print_pdf
full code
using Android.App;
using Android.OS;
using Android.Support.V7.App;
using Android.Runtime;
using Android.Widget;
using System.IO;
using Android.Content;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
namespace print_pdf
{
[Activity(Label = "#string/app_name", Theme = "#style/AppTheme", MainLauncher = true)]
public class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity
{
protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.Init(this, savedInstanceState);
// Set our view from the "main" layout resource
SetContentView(Resource.Layout.activity_main);
var directory = new Java.IO.File(Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory, "pdf").ToString();
if (!Directory.Exists(directory))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
}
var path = Path.Combine(directory, "myTestFile.pdf");
if (File.Exists(path))
{
File.Delete(path);
}
var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create);
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 25, 25, 30, 30);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, fs);
document.Open();
document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
document.Close();
writer.Close();
fs.Close();
Java.IO.File file = new Java.IO.File(path);
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionView);
intent.SetDataAndType(Android.Net.Uri.FromFile(file), "application/pdf");
StartActivity(intent);
}
public override void OnRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, string[] permissions, [GeneratedEnum] Android.Content.PM.Permission[] grantResults)
{
Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.OnRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
base.OnRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
}
}
}

Answer 1

Try to add the add System.Drawing.dll as references
Right click on References --> Add Referencesc --> Assembly --> Browse... --> C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 --> select System.Drawing.dll.